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No. 351,946. Paten ted Noy. .2, 1886.

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UNITED STATES PATENT "OFFICE.

FREDERICK TURNBULL, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

MACHlNE FO'R WASHING, DYEING, OR SIZING wARPsf SPECIFICATION forming part Of Letters Patent NO. 351,946, dated November 2, 1886.

Application filed July 6,:1886. Serial No. 107,227. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be i tk'nown that I, FREDERICK TURNBULL, a subject of the Queen of Great Britain and Ireland, and residingin Philadelphia, Pennsyl- Vania, have invented certain Improvements in Machines for Washing, Sizing, or Dyeing Warps, of whichthe following is a specification.

My invention consists of improvements in machines for washing, sizing, or dyeing warps, one object of my invention being to so construct the machine that the warps will be satu: rated with the solution and-passedthrough the rolls several times before being carried from the machine, and a further object of my inven tion being to provide for ready access to the warp-guides and warp and for the ready application and removal of the trough containing the solution.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a side view of the machine with the trough in section. Fig. 2 is an end view of the machine, looking in the direction of the arrow, Fig. 1; and Fig. 3 is a transverse section on the line 1 2, Fig. 1.

A A are the side frames, the upper portions of whichare slotted for the reception of the boxes a a of the pressure or squeeze rollsBB. The bearings a of the lower roll, B, are station ary; but the bearings a of the upper roll, B,

aremovable, and are subjected to pressure by means of the system of levers and links a c 0*, the lever 0 being weighted, as usual in the construction of pressure-rolls.

&1) is the driving-shaft, on which is a belt pulley, d. This shaft is geared to the roller B by a spur-pinion, b, and spur-wheel,b,which is secured to the spindle of the roller B. .The roller B, being merely a pressure roller, is driven by friction.

E is a trough for containing the washing, dyeing, or sizing solution, this trough resting on a suitable platform, P, composed of side frames 19 p and a connecting-plate, p. The side frames p are guided by vertical'ribs e on the inner sides of the frames A A. The platform can be raised or lowered'by means of a crank, f, on a shaft, F, 1 adapted to suitable bearings on the frames A, pinions f on this shaft gearing into wheels f, turning on studs F on the side frames A. On the hubs of the wheels f are segments f Fig. 2, to which are secured the ends of chains 6, the opposite ends of these chains being adjustably secured tolugs on the side frames pp of the platform P.

A roller, G, havingits hearings in suitable hangers, g g, is situated below the pressure rolls B, and when the trough is in theposition shown in Fig. 3 is immersed in theliquid contained in the trough. The hangers g g are adaptedto slide on rods g g, fastened at each end to the frames A.

Bars H are situated between the rollers B I and G, these bars being secured to the hangers g g, and having eyes 71, Figs. 1 and 3, for guiding the warps, as described hereinafter.

To bearings on a bracket, T, secured to one of the side frames A, is adapted a shaft, t,

having at one endaspur-wheel,t,which meshes with a spunWheel, t on the spindle of the roll B, said shaft t having also a worm, s,with which engages a worm-wheel, s, on a shaft, S, arranged at right angles to the shaft t, and also having its bearings in the bracket T. A crankpin, 8?, projects from the worm-wheel s, and is connected to one of the hangers g by a rod, a.

As the rollB is rotated, therefore, atransverse reciprocating movement is imparted to the frame, consisting of the hangers g and bars H H, and to the roller G. This movement causes a continual shifting of the skein of-warps on the roll B and prevents uneven wear of the rolls.

Brackets I are secured to the tops of the frames A A, and on a shaft, J, havingits bearings in the brackets I, is aroller, K, for guiding the warps from the machine; and m is a guide-eye, the spindle m of which is adjustably secured to one of the side frames A, as shown in Fig. 1. I

The operation of the machine is as follows:

The warp is passed through the eye m, Figs. 1

and 3,v thence through an eye, h, of one of the be seen that by the repeated immersion and squeezing of the warps the latter will be completely saturated, and the thorough washing, sizing, or dyeing of the same effected. The platform I, on which the trough E is placed, can be readily lowered, so as to permit the trough to clear the roller G in case of breakage of the warps, the ends of which are then readily accessible for reuniting. The trough being of such small dimensions, the liquid is not wasted to such an extent as when a series of troughs are used or when the warp is soaked in one large trough. Several independent troughs may be used, each containing a dif ferent colored dye or other solution, the troughs being easily applied to or removed from the platform P without disturbing any fixed portion of the machine; \Vhen it is desired to renew the solution in the trough, the

old solution may be drawn offthrough an open ing, a, at one end of the trough, as shown in Figs. 1 and 3.

A bar may be used in place of the roller G, around which the warps pass; but I prefer in all cases to use the roller.

I am aware that a machine for dyeing yarn has been provided with a movable tank, and therefore do not broadly claim this feature of my machine; but

I claim as my invention 1. The combination, in a machine for washing, sizing, or dyeing warps, of the squeezerollers 13 B, the roller G, and the trough E,

capable of being raised or lowered ,all substantially as set forth.

2. In a machine for washing, sizing, or dyeing warps, the combination of the frames A A, the rollers B B, the trough E, the roller G,and the bearings g 9, contained within the limits of the trough E, all substantially as set forth.

3. In a machine for washing, sizing, or dyeing warps, the combination of the rollers B B with the roller G and opposite sets of eyes, h, all substantially as set forth.

4. In a machine for washing, sizing, or dyeing warps, the combination of the frame A, squeezing-roller B, and roller G, guided platform P, trough E, segments f chains 6, and

mechanism for operating said segments, all substantially as specified.

5. In a machine for washing, sizing, or dyeing warps, the combination of the frame A, squeezingrollers B B, hangers g g, roller G, bars H, having guidingeyes, and mechanism for imparting a transverse reciprocating movement to the hangers and bars, all substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

FREDERICK TURNBULL.

Witnesses:

WILLIAM D. Cessna, Josnrn H. KLEIN. 

